Man charged with murder in road rage death

Updated 7:52 pm, Wednesday, August 20, 2014

A Harris County man charged with murder told authorities he shot a driver who tried to run him off the road and then followed him home, officials said.

Travein Straughter, 25, has been charged in the deadly shooting, which Harris County Sheriff's deputies said was sparked by a road-rage incident.

The dead man, identified as 38-year-old Danilo Leonel Lopez-Herrera, was found inside his vehicle in the 11400 block of Valarno, near Veterans Memorial Drive and West Greens Road.

Witnesses told authorities that moments before the 7:50 p.m. Tuesday shooting, they saw the man sitting in his vehicle in the road and revving his engine. When he accelerated along the road, witnesses said, they heard several gunshots. He then crashed into a parked vehicle.